Iredell-Rowan-Durham County NcArchives News.....Obituary December 12, 1968
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Glen Cove Record-Pilot December 12, 1968
Glen Cove Record-Pilot.
Glen Cove, Nassau County, Long Island, New York.
12 December, 1968.
Page #30.
OBITUARIES.
Sgt. Holder, Span-Am Vet.
   One of Long Island's few surviving veterans of the Spanish American War died 
Dec. 7 in Washington D. C. He was retired M/Sgt. Roy A. Holder, a veteran of 30 
years' service with the U. S. Army, who died at the age of 90. He had lived with 
a daughter. Mrs. Virginia H. Hansen of 11 Leuce Pl., several months each year 
since his retirement in 1928.
   Sgt. Holder, a native of North Carolina, and the youngest of 12 children, 
enlisted in 1898. He participated in the insurrection in the Phillipines, the 
Mexican Border dispute, saw service in France during World War I, and was 
stationed at numerous bases in the United States.
   In addition to his daughter, he is survived by a granddaughter, Marjorie 
Elise Hansen.
   Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Ward Glenn Gypson of the 
First Presbyterian Church at the Dodge Thomas Chapel Monday evening. Interment 
was in Long Island National Cemetery.

Additional Comments:
Roy Allston Holder was the son of Alphonse Gillespie and Susan Caroline (Smith) 
Holder.

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